Illuminate SharePoint 2010 Basics

SharePoint 2010 is getting very conman for everyone. But still most of us
are not aware, what exactly this application does? Now this is my small effort to make you people understand and
comfortable with this tool. The SharePoint 2010 platform can be describe in five Words;
collaboration, aggregation, organization, presentation, and publication.

1.Collaboration- The basis of the SharePoint platform is collaboration. following things include in
the Collaboration..
i).Team Collaboration
Member Contact, Calendar, Surveys, Task, Discussion, and Document Management. ii).Basic  Issue
Tracker
iii).Project Management iv).Community Communication.

2. Aggregation- SharePoint 2010 allow you to aggregate information from a variety of dissimilar
sources, such as databases, file server, or website. The aggregation technologies include, but are
not limited to
i).Linking to the content ii).lndexing the content iii).Hosting the content
iv).Really Simple Syndication (RSS)(if the content is published by RSS) v).Business Connectivity
Services (BCS)(if the content is in a database)
NOTE:The ability to aggregate content without necessarily hosting it is one of the strength of
SharePoint.


3. Organization- In nearly all scenarios, viklen data is aggregated, it also must be organized.
Nearly all of us wtio have been in the information technology field for any length of time can
think of file servers, databases, My Documents and any other repositories that have become little
more then a dumping ground for all types of information. SharePoint 2010 provides a number of
organization feature, wtiich include but not limited to
i).Managed Metadata Services ii).Content types
iii).Site  columns iv).Managed paths v).Summary Link Web Part vi).Sites Directory

4. Presentation- After you have aggregated and organized your information, you'll need to present
it in a pleasant meaningful way. SharePoint Designer can help with the presentation layer. Project
data can be presented in meaning full ways using the project Web Parts in Share Point 2010. All of
the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) features, such as Document Management (DM), Records
Management (RM), and Web Content Management (WCM), can be thought of as tools to accomplish
aggregation,
organization, and presentation.


5.Publication- SharePoint makes it possible to publish information created and developed by a small
group of team members for viewing by a wider audience. The Web Content Management is one of the
most important tools available for publishing information, but you also have major/minor
version-ing capabilities